The speculation around Tyrone Wheatley and the coaching vacancy at Western Michigan doesn’t look like it will have a long shelf life.

Wheatley, the running backs coach at Michigan, was thrust into the coaching rumor mill Wednesday night when outgoing Michigan RB De’Veon Smith tweeted to his former coach good luck on getting the WMU job. However, on Thursday evening, Tony Paul of the Detroit News said Wheatley “appears to be out of the running” for the vacancy, citing a source.

Source: Former UM star Tyrone Wheatley appears to be out of the running for the Western Michigan job.